NogiBingo!, stylized as NOGIBINGO!, was a Japanese television
variety show
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starring
Japanese idol
An is a type of entertainer marketed for image, attractiveness, and personality in Japanese pop culture. Idols are primarily singers with training in acting, dancing, and modeling. Idols are commercialized through merchandise and endorsements ...
girl group
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Nogizaka46
is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, created as the of the group AKB48. They are the first group from the Sakamichi Series, which also includes sister groups Sakurazaka46 (formerly Keyakizaka46), Yoshimotozaka46, ...
.
Ijiri Okada, who is known for
AKB48
AKB48 (pronounced ''A.K.B. Forty-Eight'') is a Japanese idol girl group named after the Akihabara (''Akiba'' for short) area in Tokyo, where the group's theater is located. AKB48's producer, Yasushi Akimoto, wanted to form a girl group with it ...
-related shows such as ''AKB48 Nemōsu TV'', hosts the program. The show first aired on July 3, 2013, as part of the variety show ''Nogizaka46 x
HKT48 Kanbangumi Battle!'', and it became an independent show starting with the second season.
The second season began on January 11, 2014, and the third season premiered on October 7, 2014. On October 9, 2014,
Hulu Japan
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announced that some TV shows were made available for streaming including ''NOGIBINGO!3''. In this season,
Rena Matsui
is a Japanese actress, singer, and novelist. Matsui is a former member of the Japanese idol girl groups SKE48 and Nogizaka46. As a member of the former, she also participated in the main lineup of AKB48's singles. As an actress, she has played r ...
from
SKE48
SKE48 (S.K.E. Forty-eight) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. SKE48 is named after the Sakae district in Nagoya of Aichi Prefecture, where the group is based. The group performs at SKE48 Theater on 2F of Sunshine Sakae, a ...
appeared. Hulu also streamed the girls talk show called ''Nogi Room'' including the unaired part.
The fourth season premiered on April 7, 2015. In the first episode of this season,
Zawachin
, better known by her stage name
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, who is a Japanese
tarento
Celebrity, Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in Media of Japan, mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable stars in Ame ...
, and
impressionist
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, appeared as a guest. The fifth season premiered on July 14, 2015, and the sixth season premiered on April 12, 2016. After the season 6 ended, the first season of
KEYABINGO!
KeyaBingo! (stylized as KEYABINGO!) is a Japanese television variety show starring Japanese idol group Keyakizaka46 and Hiragana Keyakizaka46 (now Hinatazaka46
is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was established ...
, a variety show by
Keyakizaka46
, formerly , is a Japanese idol girl group produced by Yasushi Akimoto. The group was created on August 21, 2015, becoming Nogizaka46's first sister group under the Sakamichi Series. Following the resignation of group's center Yurina Hirate and ...
, premiered in the same time slot.
The seventh season premiered on October 11, 2016. Daisuke Muramoto, one of the hosts of
AKBINGO!
''AKBingo!'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese television variety show featuring Japanese idol girl group AKB48. The show aired weekly on Nippon Television. In each episode, members of AKB48 and occasionally their sister groups participate in ...
, made a guest appearance in its second episode.
The show's eighth season, which started on April 11, 2017, exclusively featured the twelve new third generation members, with members from the first and second generations joining in as guests. The show's ninth season began on October 17, and concluded on December 26, 2017.
On October 8, 2018, the final season premiered. After 117 episodes, the show ended this run on December 18, 2018.
DVD and Blu-ray releases
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